Federal land warrants (generally received by soldiers for pre-Civil War service) can be thought of as coupons that could be exhanged for a set acreage within the federal domain. The warrant was the payment for the property. Not all veterans actually used the warrant to recieve property in their own name. Many sold the warrants to others who then used the warrant to acquire property. The selling of that warrant would be evidenced by the assignment on the reverse of the warrant from the original recipient to the purchaser.
That assignment would have to be acknowledged before a local official where the original warrantee lived. There could be a residential clue in that acknowledgement as the local official would indicate the county in which he was authorized to operate.
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